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School Expert Q&A: Jagdish Sheth School of Management

July 1, 2021 | GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION COUNCIL
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About the Program?

  • Name of the School? Jagdish Sheth School of Management
  • School location? Two Campuses - Bengaluru, Electronic City, Karnataka and Karjat Greater Mumbai
  • Year school started? 1995
  • Any ranking of the school? 
  1. Specialised Master QS Ranking 51+ Band for Marketing Program and 101+ for Finance program
  2. Education World Ranking: 11th Best private B-school in India
  • Name of the program? MBA (Master of Business Administration)

Admission Criteria?

  • NMAT score range NA
  • Work Experience requirement, if any? NA
  • Interview Process One round of Interview with “shoulder batch” and one round of Interview with a panel consisting Faculty, Alumni and Industry Representative.
  • Group Discussion process The process is called “Group Exercise” -a real life problem is given to the aspirants and at the end of 30 minutes a joint solution needs to be presented.
  • Any other requirement in the admissions process? Innovation Potential Test (IPT)

What is the Application Process?

  • How does one apply for the programme? Fill the form available on the website.
  • What is the Application fee? Rs 1000 per application form.
  • Where do I get a copy of the Application form? The application form is available on the website.
  • When does the application process start? The application process to start November, 2021
  • What is the last date to apply?  The last date is April 30th, 2022.

What is the Admission Process?

  • Applicants will have to go through the following process. The applicants after filling the form would undergo the online admission selection process. The process consists of “innovation potential test” which is a written test on gauging the ability to provide innovative solutions. This is followed by a “group exercise” and interview process.
  • What was the NMAT score cut-off for accepted students for 2019 intake? NA
  • What constitutes work experience?  Full time on the rolls of a company
  • When should I expect an invitation for an interview? The interview process is a rolling process and is conducted online on a weekly basis. After online application submission, the aspirants are informed about the interview dates.
  • Who should I contact if I have a question regarding my application? Please share the contact person name and email. The aspirants can contact senior manager: Ms Shilpanwita Ghose - 9900067702

Fees & other expenses? NA

What is the estimated cost for the entire program for a student? Program fees Rs 12:00 L

What is the cost of living for the duration of the programme? Hostel charges at Bangalore Campus are Rs 1.62 L PA for dual occupancy & 2 L PA for single occupancy. Hostel charges at Mumbai Campus is 1.2 L PA

Are there other costs to be taken into consideration? If yes what?  Option of International corporate immersion/ Super Specialisation

What is the financial support option available to students?

  • What are the scholarship options available for NMAT by GMAC students? Merit-cum-means scholarships ranging from Rs. 1 lakh to 4 lakhs –
  • What are the criteria for determining scholarship applications? Based on need and performance in the Jagsom Scholarship Test
  • What are the options of availing a loan? Loans available from banks and other partner tie up.
  • What is the amount of loan that a student is eligible for and what are the documents required? Student can choose to take loan of up to 100% of the tuition fee (depends on bank policy)
  • At what rate of interest is the loan available? What is the date from which loan repayment begins? What is the maximum period in which a loan is to be repaid? Depends on the bank policy
  • Does the Institute/School help in getting loan? The school supports in documentation and connecting the applicants with the banks and other partners

How many intakes in a year and when? One intake a year and the program commence in August

Size of the intake? 60 seats

What are the specializations available? Specialisations in Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Digital Business and Analytics.

What is the geographical representation of the candidates at your school? Any student exchange programs available at your school? Student exchange program available with global business schools.

What % of the batch finds jobs within 3 months of graduation? A record of 100 percent placement by JAGSOM before the end of the program

What is the mean starting salary of a class after graduation? The batch of 2019-21 were offered an average salary of 10.21 L per annum

What are the key sectors represented in recruiters for this programme? More than 70 companies recruited from the campus this year. Besides the marquee logos like Oracle, KPMG, Grant Thornton, Dell, HDFC, BNY Mellon, EY, Hexaware that came for recruitment this year; JAGSOM has emerged as a preferred destination for new age companies, like Numly, OSG, Arcesium, Cuemath, Jaro, MetricStream, Scaler, Smart Knower, and several others, with many of them being headquartered in the USA.

JAGSOM’s graduates witnessed a demand for a variety of new age roles like product management for AI enabled human resource engagement software, Fintech applications, Digital HR, and Martech

Share with us the names of some top recruiters for this programme? More than 70 companies recruited from the campus this year. Besides the marquee logos like Oracle, KPMG, Grant Thornton, Dell, HDFC, BNY Mellon, EY, Hexaware that came for recruitment this year; JAGSOM has emerged as a preferred destination for new age companies, like Numly, OSG, Arcesium, Cuemath, Jaro, MetricStream, Scaler, Smart Knower, and several others, with many of them being headquartered in the USA.

JAGSOM’s graduates witnessed a demand for a variety of new age roles like product management for AI enabled human resource engagement software, Fintech applications, Digital HR, and Martech

Does your school run any initiatives to promote classroom diversity? If yes, please share details. 

Yes. We encourage classroom diversity and hence we encourage students from various states of India and a good mix of gender diversity.

  • 36.5% women students out of 186 students, out of these 68 women students and 118 men students.
  • 25% students come with diverse work experience from different organisations across the country to name a few: Amazon, IBM, BYJU’S, TEDxChennai, Unacademy, Cicon, East India Udyog, Silicon India, European Study Point, Kalpataru Power Transmission, and Suzlon Energy.
  • Academic background is also spread across disciples: 61% are from non-engineering background which includes 46.5% from management background and 14.5% from science and pharma background. 39% are from Engineering background.
  • Students are dispersing from different geographical boundaries across the country: 47.8% students are from south India, 21% among this are from East out of which 3% are from North East, 14.7 are from West and 16.5 from the North India.